Who was the composer of the Bruckner symphony?

Musical Director, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 1974–76. Author of Bruckner and many others. Anton Bruckner, in full Josef Anton Bruckner, (born Sept. 4, 1824, Ansfelden, Austria—died Oct. 11, 1896, Vienna), Austrian composer of a number of highly original and monumental symphonies.

What kind of music does Anton Bruckner play?

Bruckner’s music also possesses a thrilling, epic quality quite unlike any other. He often sets the listener up for a spectacular musical resolution, and then turns expectation on its head by taking a gentle stroll along some diverting musical tributary, all the time keeping his eye on the main event.

How old was Josef Bruckner when he died?

Alternative Title: Josef Anton Bruckner. Anton Bruckner, in full Josef Anton Bruckner, (born Sept. 4, 1824, Ansfelden, Austria—died Oct. 11, 1896, Vienna), Austrian composer of a number of highly original and monumental symphonies.

Who was the first conductor of Anton Bruckner?

Otto Klemperer made one of the first two recordings of Bruckner (the Adagio of the Eighth Symphony from 1924). Wilhelm Furtwängler made his conducting debut with the Ninth Symphony in 1906 and conducted Bruckner constantly throughout his career. Other Bruckner’s pioneers were F. Charles Adler and Volkmar Andreae.

These movements are in sonata form, but Bruckner uses three contrasting themes in the exposition rather than the usual two. The second theme is often songlike, with melodic strands appearing simultaneously. The music builds up to climaxes in a terraced or stair-step fashion by means of climbing, sequential repetitions.

How did Bruckner come up with the chord?

It’s as if Bruckner shrinks back from the vision his exquisitely arcane brain had led him to. That chord is the product of a passage of music that behaves entirely according to the laws of musical structure that the composer revered.